Telangana becomes first state to implement Scheduled Castes sub-categorisation

The Telangana government on Monday notified the state Scheduled Castes Rationalisation of Reservations Act, 2025. This makes it the first state to implement a sub-categorisation of Scheduled Castes groups.

On August 1, the Supreme Court had allowed the sub-classification of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes quotas for reservations in government jobs and education.

On the same day, Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy had announced that the Congress government in the state would implement a legislation on such a sub-categorisation, The New Indian Express reported.